NEWS AND EVENTS

Winter is a difficult season for everyone, especially in northern areas where everything gets so much colder, icer, and snowier. You don’t want to be outside when it’s freezing cold; and your boat doesn’t want that, and neither does your floating dock. Can you leave a dock in the water over winter? Well, it depends.

The safest option for any dock system, floating or otherwise, is to remove it from the water. Removal will keep your boat dock safe from the damage that happens from temperature changes, water and ice movement, and other wintertime hazards. Floating dock systems, like the PolyDock, are occasional exceptions to the rule because of how flexible they are. That doesn’t mean they’re invulnerable, though. The choice to leave your PolyDock in or take it out is yours, but here are some tips for either choice.

Fixed docks were the traditional docking system for a long time. You would have wooden decking on a platform secured below the water with a piling. Innovations in the waterfront industry have come a long way since then. Now, there are many options on the market, from the materials the docks are built from to how they work. Modular floating dock systems are just one possible combination among those on the market today. Here’s more about how they work.

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